[brendandonhu]

As root, run visudo to edit the /etc/sudoers file.

[Omega_Shadow]

Sorry to sound like a broken record, but how do I do that?

(I am starting to sound like my girlfreind asking me how to do something in windows)

[brendandonhu]

Login as root.
Run visudo

man sudoers will tell you exactly how you can edit the file.
If you want your user to be able to use mount and umount, you could add
username ALL=/sbin/mount,/sbin/umount

But if I were you , I'd just use "su", so much simpler

[Omega_Shadow]

problem is I CAN'T. I have tried almost every single syntex to the letter you guys have given me. Every time Linux spits out an error along the lines of "I dont like you". Even trying to run visudo, I get NOTHING. I open the run dialog (loged in as root of corse) type in visudo and press enter and nothing happens.

[brendandonhu]

You need to run these commands from a terminal, not just the Run Command box if that's what you mean.

[Omega_Shadow]

I got a "command not found" error. Thats it, I have had it for today. Tomarow I will start fresh from the begining

[brendandonhu]

On which command?
Opening a root console then doing /usr/sbin/visudo should work fine.

[Omega_Shadow]

....
could have used the "/usr/sbin" part a few post ago

Think of me as a complete n00b, unless you tell me, I realy dont know.

[brendandonhu]

Actually I forgot it until that last post

[Omega_Shadow]

after I open the file and place "Omega_Shadow ALL=/sbin/mount,/sbin/umount" how do I close and save the file?

[brendandonhu]

I believe its the same as vi

Hit Escape. At the little : prompt, type
wq

That will save and close.

If Escape doesn't get you to the : prompt, hit Ctrl [ instead.

[jiml8]

Originally Posted by Omega_Shadow

It realy surprizes me how the Linux elite always say something is simple and then leave out all the major details (talking about the FAQ, not you guys)

I cant make a dir in /mnt. I could become root and do it, but If I understand linux security then I would only be able to accsess said folder as root, defeating the perpouse of haveing my windows media partition "easly accessable". I even tried makeing a folder on the desktop and mounting to it. The folder automaticly locks itself after the mount. What is the point of mounting a drive if I cant get to it?

Seems to me you have the security on your system set too high. I have mine configured so that I can create a mountpoint in /mnt as an ordinary user. Whether I can mount a drive as a user depends on how that is set in fstab.

In any case, you can deal with these permission issues using the chmod and chown commands. Do a man on those, and you shall be enlightened, grasshopper!

[Omega_Shadow]

The security is the defalt security that FC4 is installed with. I would not know even how to begin to change those settings!

People keep talking about "man", is that a command or just short for "Manual", and if it is, where can I get these manuals?

[Squashman]

man mount
man su
man .................

[jiml8]

man is a shell command. Type in "man cmdname" will give you extensive information (a manual) about the command cmdname if that info is available.

Another similar command is the info command. Not all commands have information in info, but if man doesn't work try info.

To use any *nix (which includes BSD) you need to become familiar with the shell. All modern distros will give you a way to open a shell from a window manager. You need to figure out how to do it in your installation.